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Chapter 66 Flood
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He carried the harpy eagle to the window, and by the light from outside, he saw that the eagle's wounds had already scabbed over, and its injuries were healing quickly.

It was still raining outside, but compared to the torrential rain last night, the rain had lessened considerably.

Pushing open the window, the roar of rushing water filled my ears.

The stream that once meandered through the forest like a green ribbon has undergone a dramatic transformation.

The water level rose rapidly, the color became murky, and the surging river water swept across the area.

Qin Ziwen's expression turned serious.

Because the rain outside the window hasn't stopped yet.

"I hope there won't be any floods."

With the rain so heavy, almost no one in the neighborhood is going out.

Everyone is staying at home.

The climate of nature is more terrifying than wild beasts.

Qin Ziwen opened the cellar door; the food stored inside was enough for the three of them to eat for half a month.

There's no need to worry about food, but with such heavy rain, the temperature may drop sharply.

He could clearly feel that the temperature in the air had dropped, and it was chilly outside on the balcony.

In the morning, Zhao Pu found him.

"Should we go check the garage?"

"garage?"

Zhao Pu said, "Yes, it's been raining heavily outside, so no one can go out today. Right now, a lot of people are exchanging supplies in the garage. I heard that some wild animals ran into the garage to take shelter from the rain, but they were mostly caught."

At this point, Zhao Pu expressed some regret. It had been pouring rain all night, and the area was flooded. To wild animals, the community garage was like a giant "natural cave."

The dark environment is very attractive to them.

But they never imagined that in this "cave" there were thousands of terrifying upright apes, each weighing over a hundred pounds, starving and skilled in using tools, struggling to find food.

These animals that hid inside have undoubtedly walked right into a trap.

"Okay, let's go take a look."

Go down the emergency exit; it gets darker and darker as you go down.

He had expected the garage to be completely dark, but after coming out of the basement, he found it surprisingly dark.

But what he saw was a scene completely different from what he had expected.

Inside the garage, car owners who hadn't moved their vehicles turned on their headlights, shining them on the walls. Some people walked around the garage holding candles, and there was a pile of firewood on the garage floor. A group of people were gathered around the firewood to keep warm, chat, or trade goods.

Some people were even walking around the garage with their phones flashlights on.

It is a truly wondrous ecosystem.

"Haha, caught him!"

Laughter came from not far away; someone had used a homemade net to catch a gecko from a load-bearing pillar.

Then a large group of people surrounded him and asked if he was selling it.

"Sure, if any of you have fruit, you can trade with me your fruit, any fruit of the same weight will do."

Some people think the price is too high, saying, "This gecko doesn't taste good. There's not much meat. After removing the internal organs and bones, less than half of it is edible."

"I have some wild hawthorns, would you like to trade them?"

"Cuckoo"

As he listened to the others discussing food, Zhao Pu's stomach rumbled.

Noticing Qin Ziwen's gaze, Zhao Pu gave an awkward smile, "The kids in my family are growing and have big appetites."

Qin Ziwen said, "If you still have any medicine, I can trade some with you, but not too much, I don't have much left either."

Zhao Pu repeatedly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you! Thank you!" Although in terms of value, these medicines, which can only be produced by modern industry, are "limited edition" resources, each one used is one less available.

In the long run, its value is definitely not low.

However, food remains a problem for many people at present.

Currently, many families can only obtain enough food to barely survive, and many more are experiencing periods of hunger followed by periods of fullness.

It's not that no one farms; as Chinese people, the gene for farming is basically in our blood.

Even crops with short maturation cycles cannot be harvested immediately after planting.

Therefore, at this stage, food that can be eaten is the most valuable form of currency.

Everyone understands this. To put it bluntly, if you have a minor illness, you can tough it out and gamble on your immune system. But if you have a serious illness and take these medications, it's still a gamble. However, being hungry is what's truly deadly; it can really starve you to death.

Qin Ziwen walked to a campfire.

Among the crowd gathered around the fire, a bespectacled man tirelessly asked those around him, "Do you want these seedlings? We'll trade them for finished grain. These are top-quality seedlings; it would be a real waste if we didn't plant them soon." Some of the others were getting annoyed, saying, "No, stop asking."

Qin Ziwen walked over and looked at the seedlings in the man's bag. "Why do these seedlings look so wilted?"

The man smiled wryly: "They were originally planted on the rooftop, but yesterday there was a sudden downpour, and the seedlings were flooded. These are the ones we rescued as quickly as possible."

"What kind of seedling is this?"

Seeing that Qin Ziwen was willing to ask questions, the man enthusiastically introduced: "This is lettuce, spinach, perilla, wild ginger, purslane, and wild cherry tomatoes."

Qin Ziwen was initially surprised; there were just too many varieties.

But I soon realized that these wild vegetables were all found in the wild, and what I found depended entirely on luck and experience.

It's understandable that the types are more complex.

Qin Ziwen remained silent.

The man quickly said, "These wild lettuce and spinach grow quickly. You just need to plant them and harvest them regularly. This wild ginger is also good. Some meat is too fishy and hard to eat. You can use ginger to remove the fishy smell. These cherry tomatoes are sweet and sour. Although they grow relatively slowly, they are easy to grow."

Qin Ziwen looked at him, "I only care about the price. How do you plan to sell it?"

The man quickly replied, "Just give me some food, that'll do."

Qin Ziwen frowned. "Give it to me however you like?"

He doesn't like hearing the word "whatever".

This means that the initiative is in the hands of the other party.

The man spread out the sack. "Is this enough for two meals? There are quite a few seedlings here, all carefully selected by me. And you can transplant them after you grow them."

Qin Ziwen glanced at them and saw that there were twenty or thirty plants.

Most of the individual plants are very small; if you were to eat them, you could probably eat several in one bite.

This isn't even enough to fill you up for one meal, no wonder it hasn't sold after so long of promotion.

"What if we can't keep it alive? It looks wilted."

The man wearing glasses quickly said, "I can teach you. I studied agriculture and have experience in this area. We can exchange contact information, and you can ask me anything you don't understand. Besides, lettuce is really easy to grow! As long as you grasp these key points—'transplanting when there are 4-6 true leaves, keeping the soil ball intact to avoid damaging the roots, planting shallowly without burying the crown, and watering thoroughly'—the survival rate can reach over 90%, and it grows quickly and can be transplanted multiple times."

Qin Ziwen sized him up. "You studied agriculture?"

"No, I teach biology, I'm a biology teacher."

Qin Ziwen pondered: "Two meals is too much. Your seedlings aren't worth that price, but if you can provide value in other ways, it's not impossible."

Just as the two were talking, suddenly, someone shouted anxiously from the other side of the garage: "Quick! There's a flood coming from the mountain! Run! Don't stay in the garage!"

flood!?
Qin Ziwen's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "Where do you live? Which building? I'll contact you later."

"Building 6, I live in Building 6, Unit 1, Room 101." Hearing that a flood was coming, the bespectacled man quickly gathered his belongings from the ground, grabbed a torch from the fire, and waved to Qin Ziwen. "Contact me later, you absolutely have to come!"

(End of this chapter)